Pulaski County News

A Rockcastle County man who had been missing since early Thursday has been found unharmed in Pulaski County.

A Pulaski County businessman faces federal charges for allegedly using government funds inappropriately and lying to investigators.

Virginia Department of Transportation and Fatz Cafe have joined forces in an effort to help clarify for motorists how to access the restaurant.

Pulaski County Schools are battling the flu - but they aren't losing. The county school district has not yet approached the threshold for calling off school in the wake of mass absences for sickness.

A teenager is accused of taking part in last weekend's attack on a security guard at a southern Illinois college.

Members of the Pulaski County Quorum Court's Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously today to give themselves -- and all other county employees -- a 4 percent pay bonus .

Those concerned about the spread of the H1N1 virus can breathe a little easier now - the Lake Cumberland District Health Department now has vaccinations which will soon be available to the public.

Nearly a third of the inmates in the Pulaski jail today don't belong there. Theyre convicted felons waiting for transfer to the state prison system.

Back in June, we reported that Pulaski County circuit judges had proposed a new plan for dividing cases among the county's 17 circuit judges.

Even as Alexander County's financial troubles continue to mount, the sheriff's department will be able to continue housing inmates in the Tri-County Detention Facility in Ullin, authorities said Monday.

Poor Alexander County – literally. The state's southernmost county is in huge financial trouble.

Just in time for a federal court hearing this week, the Walton U. School of Union Busting, Charter Schools and Lower School Taxes hit the front page of today's D-G with a "study" purporting to show charter schools actually promote desegregation in LR.

PULASKI COUNTY, Ill.-- More than $17 million of the federal stimulus package will go straight to rural areas.

Inspectors from the National Institute of Corrections are getting pretty familiar with the Sauk Valley.

Federal stimulus funding has been granted to two southern Illinois community projects.

For the fifth consecutive year, "The Wounded Soldier Fundraiser" will take place to benefit two Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans.

Rep. Mark Martin is posting a blow-by-blow of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's presentation this morning to the legislative committee overseeing efforts to end the state's spending on Pulaski County school desegregation .

It was near a trailer north of Somerset, earlier this summer, where people say they witnessed what they believe was animal torture.

There's nothing quite like receiving unexpected money. Pulaski County Fiscal Court, which just recently finished wrestling with a tough budget, was notified that the county would be receiving more than $350,000 in federal stimulus funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to go toward county road projects.

While the holidays are months away, a Pulaski County group is making its plans early.